The Teamsters union adopted a resolution at its convention in Las Vegas this week calling for a comprehensive national energy policy.
The resolution, one of many to come out of the convention, calls for an energy policy that includes:
The resolution, one of many to come out of the convention, calls for an energy policy that includes:
- Opening a small part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil exploration in an environmentally sensitive manner;
- Raising regulatory barriers that have prevented the construction of additional refinery capacity for the past 10 years;
- Building at least 1,200 new power plants using a wide array of fuels, including clean coal, nuclear energy and natural gas;
- Finalizing the approval and construction of a nuclear waste repository in Yucca Mountain, Nev.;
- Overhauling and expanding existing energy transmission infrastructure, including the construction of a natural gas pipeline;
- Supporting investment in alternative energy sources that involve real and potential Teamster member employment;
- Supporting the use of supplies and materials for such projects that are made by union-represented employees in the U.S. and Canada; and
- Protecting the rights of energy consumers through strict enforcement of price-gouging prohibitions.
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